The League of Utah Writers has a community book club, where each month, members are invited to read a selected book and join in discussions about it with their local chapters. The League also organizes a discussion panel where authors in the same genre/space as the chosen book get to gab about it over Zoom. […]
As I mentioned in my blog post a couple of months ago, Donn’s Legacy was awarded the Cat Writers Association Certificate of Excellence. I found out today that it won the top honor in its category: the Muse Medallion!!! I honestly don’t quite know what to say. I’ve wanted to be a “cat writer” since
I don’t want to bury the lede, so: both Donn’s Legacy and my short story, “Bad Luck Bridget,” have won Certificates of Excellence in the Cat Writers Association Communications Contest! I’m so deeply honored! To be eligible for this annual contest, the works must be primarily focused on cats. For fiction, the cats must play
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve literally squealed like a little girl these past few weeks. There have been a lot of moments where I’ve had to remind myself that this is really happening! Today is one of those days. A few minutes ago, I got to share my cover for the first
When I finished my first novel, the first thing that I did was justify purchasing and consuming a large hot fudge sundae. So delicious, so worth it. After that, I did a happy dance with my cats.
Then it was back to business. As proud as I was about my first draft, I knew it wasn’t perfect. It needed to be refined… a lot. I chose to use Beta readers to help me with that process.
